"How's it going? Figure it out! Tell me, have we two thought of something together?" Lin Mo asked Yang Haicheng with a smile.
Yang Haicheng came back to his senses, raised the corner of his mouth, and said slowly: "Pretending to be a suitor, I can move around the restaurant without being suspected and investigate what we need."
"It's not just that..." Lin Mo shook his head and said with a smile: "Pursuit! You have to understand the other person, right? It's normal to ask people in the restaurant for some information!
When you ask questions, you are coy, roundabout, and trying to cover up. Isn't it very suitable for your age? Can you detect the real purpose mixed with the cover-up? "
The two looked at each other and smiled, like two old foxes secretly stirring up trouble.
"Haicheng, when facing that woman, you should try to speak as little as possible to avoid revealing your flaws. It is best to cover up by posing as much as you did before."
"Um...Brother, shall I go back first?" Yang Haicheng no longer said as irritably as before and was about to leave. Instead, he made a move to leave, and his eyes remained still, looking at Lin Mo.
Yes.
"Haicheng, I... I still like to see you look careless. Even if your mentality changes, keep it up! This will be your best protective color."
"I understand, brother..." Yang Haicheng was stunned for a moment, then replied as usual, and his behavior changed. Lin Mo squeezed out a smile on his face, indicating that Yang Haicheng could go.
Lin Mo felt very complicated about Yang Haicheng's change. On the one hand, he hoped that Yang Haicheng would not be too troubled and would continue to be careless.
On the other hand, I am sincerely happy for Yang Haicheng's transformation. After all, people have to mature, especially in this era.
After Yang Haicheng left Lin Mo, he ran around the city, carefully selecting small gifts, and finally got a bouquet of flowers before returning to the restaurant.
As soon as he entered the gate, he mysteriously pulled the clever guard aside and asked roundabout questions before tiptoeing around to the back of the restaurant.
Behind the restaurant is a house on the first floor, which has a kitchen, woodshed, and lounge. The lounge is where the clerks can take a break every day, mainly for night shift workers.
The small building is connected to the main part of the restaurant by a passage, and is considered the back door of the restaurant. Yang Haicheng secretly prepared to sneak in, but he was caught.
Yang Haicheng hesitated for a long time without explaining the purpose of his visit. It was not until the other party got impatient that he begged to be silent. He wanted to find the manager's secretary.
The manager's secretary was the woman Yang Haicheng met during the day, her name was Lan Jinzhu, and she usually stayed on the fourth floor. Yang Haicheng had already found out the basic situation from the Ji Ling guard.
The man who arrested Yang Haicheng is the chef of the restaurant. We investigated him yesterday. He is a native of Nanjing, and based on the preliminary analysis of his economic situation, the suspicion is not high.
The chef didn't want to listen to Yang Haicheng's excuse, but after Yang Haicheng's silver bullet offensive and finally showed the door key, the chef informed Lan Jinzhu of his doubts.
Lan Jinzhu came down and was slightly stunned when he saw Yang Haicheng, especially the flower in his hand.
Yang Haicheng's face turned red, and he solemnly presented the flowers and small gifts. He stood in front of Lan Hibiscus, looking around with a confused look on his face.
Seeing this, Lan Jinzhu did not refuse the flowers and gifts. She took them generously, smiled at Yang Haicheng, turned and left, while Yang Haicheng stood there blankly.
After a while, Yang Haicheng felt "ecstatic" and danced with joy. After a while, he suddenly "discovered" that there was an outsider and his face was full of embarrassment.
The chef was also embarrassed for breaking the news, but since it had already happened, he could only remedy the situation, hinting that Yang Haicheng would not reveal it, and also revealed a piece of news to Yang Haicheng.
‘There is an old man pursuing Lan Jinzhu? He is very majestic and like a senior official? He comes to pester Lan Jinzhu on weekends?’ Yang Haicheng secretly smiled at this unexpected news.
Next, Yang Haicheng officially entered the movie king moment, sneaking up to the fourth floor, always wandering around the blue hibiscus, sneaking and sneaking, vividly showing the shyness of the young man's feelings.
At first, the people in the restaurant didn't know what was going on, and even came out to escort people and question him. Yang Haicheng was coy and didn't say anything, and then showed up again after leaving for a while.
After a few times, the people in the restaurant came back to their senses and no longer paid much attention to Yang Haicheng. Only a few people still made trouble for him overtly and covertly. These people were still very suspicious after the investigation.
Yang Haicheng immediately identified these people as spies. After all, people like Lan Jinzhu are the superior ones in restaurants. Ordinary people have ideas and know that it is impossible.
Only those guys with the same identity, that is, Japanese spies, but those who don't know why, will have the illusion that they have a chance and take some actions.
Yang Haicheng was pretending to be a "dog licker" in the restaurant, and Zheng Junshan was not idle outside the city. He had found a suspected place to stay early.
Initially, the investigation work was progressing steadily, but the more Zheng Junshan checked, the more he felt something was wrong. Finally, he stopped working and everyone gathered around to think about it. In the end, he felt that he was looking in the wrong place.
The place Zheng Junshan found was in the Shuangzha area outside the south of Nanjing City. There was a warehouse connected by a small waterway. There was a simple, even broken wooden pier on the shore, or a small truncated wooden bridge would be more appropriate.
This place fulfilled most of Zheng Junshan's and others' initial imaginations about the fleet stronghold. It was located in a remote location and generally unnoticed. When they found this place, they felt satisfied.
Realizing that something was wrong, I thought deeply and immediately realized that I might have been deceived. After all, such an ordinary warehouse, paired with a small steamer with a good fleet, would definitely make people suspicious...
"Okay, now it seems that this place is probably just used for cover, or it may be a temporary foothold or small stronghold for the opponent. Anyway, it is unlikely to be the stronghold we are looking for."
After Zheng Junshan finished speaking, several team members frowned, and one of them asked: "Team Zheng, what should we do now? This is the only clue we have."
Zheng Junshan thought for a moment and replied: "The person who provided the information is very well-informed in Nanjing. This fleet is not small. If the base is here in Nanjing, it is unlikely that he will not know about it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The restaurant is not small and has been in business for many years. It is obviously an important stronghold. It should not only be equipped with such a small stronghold. There must be a larger stronghold.
Taking these two situations together, first of all, a large stronghold definitely exists, and secondly, the stronghold is neither too close nor too far from Nanjing.
Finally, the stronghold should be covered by a legitimate business and have little connection with the fleet, but it should be able to legitimately accommodate the fleet's ships.
Taken together, this place should be hidden in the Yangtze River, which is some distance up and down Nanjing, around the waterways, at a dock or other anchorage, and it should be of medium size."
Several team members nodded, and one of them asked: "Captain Zheng, this area is still quite large! There are many waterways around Nanjing, and we may not have enough manpower, so we can only choose one direction to investigate first."
"That's right..." Zheng Junshan nodded and said, "In this way, in addition to a few people remaining to continue investigating here, we will work in groups and each find a boat to investigate an area.
As for the direction, continue to go south. I feel that the upper reaches is more likely. I will check the north side of the Yangtze River. The waterway connected to the north side is three people..."
Zheng Junshan divided the areas. There was a group of people on the north and south sides of the Yangtze River to check, and there were another group of people on the waterways connected to the north and south sides of the Yangtze River. Zheng Junshan in Jiangxinzhou did not miss it, and arranged a group of people to check carefully one by one.
After the tasks were assigned, everyone immediately took action, chartering fishing boats, steamers, U-Peng and other types of vessels at various docks in the south of the city, and went to investigate the areas they were responsible for.
In the Nanjing area, the flow direction of the Yangtze River is from southwest to northeast, so the south of the city belongs to the upstream and the north of the city belongs to the downstream.
Zheng Junshan took the other two team members on a small steamer. It was very small and mainly used to carry passengers over short distances.
On the boat, Zheng Junshan let the boat drive along the north bank of the river. Two team members were responsible for careful observation, while Zheng Junshan chatted with the owner of the boat.
The owner of the ship runs boats around Nanjing on a daily basis and is very familiar with the situation in this area. Zheng Junshan gained a lot from the conversation and got several suspects.
However, all but one of the several targets were within the scope of others' investigation. Zheng Junshan did not go over to intervene. Instead, while continuing to investigate Jiang'an, he asked about the only target.
This suspected target is located opposite Xinjizhou (a large river center island), a little lower than the mouth of the Zhuma River, and in a small bay blocked by a flat ridge on the riverside. It is a private coal station that provides coal and diesel.
"Shipman, if the Zhuma River Estuary is far or close to Nanjing, can there be any business if the coal station is opened here? After all, if you need to refuel, you can do it in Nanjing. Who would bother to come here?"
"Alas..." The boat owner shook his head and said, "Sir, you can't think so. Although the coal station is a little remote, the coal and diesel provided are of very good quality. If you are a frequent visitor, you can park your boat for free at Jiangwan."
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I often pass by, and there are basically boats parked there. They are all good boats, much better than my little broken boat. The business of these good boats is definitely not bad."
The more Zheng Junshan listened, the more he felt that this might be the place he was looking for, so he continued to ask the boat owner: "Ship owner, you know so much about it, you must have been there many times!"
"Sir, you are joking..." The captain waved his hand quickly and explained: "I am just doing a small business, how dare I go to a place like that!
The coal at this coal station is all high-quality coal, which is much more expensive than ordinary coal. The coal burned on the small boat is low-quality coal, so there is no need to go there.
Hehe... Sir, I understand that this is a boat that I have been running for half my life. When I see a good boat, I can't help but feel itchy. There are so many good boats, so just take a look at them when passing by, just to satisfy your eyes.
Sir... Look, the coal station I mentioned is right in front of the waterway entrance... Hey, there are eleven good ships today, more than last time. Business is getting better and better...
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The boat owner stretched his neck and peered over the flat reeds on the riverside. As he looked, he made introductions. Zheng Junshan also learned to look in. Sure enough, there were about ten small steamers parked, many of which were of the style they had heard about.
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Knowing that he had found the right place, Zheng Junshan suppressed his excitement and carefully observed the situation inside when the boat passed through the waterway.
The waterway is perpendicular to the Yangtze River. After going in for almost a few hundred meters, it turns a corner and there is a piece of water parallel to the river, about five to six hundred meters long and a hundred meters wide. This is the small river bay mentioned by the boat owner.
There is a row of boats parked neatly in the river bay. The coal station is at the end of the river bay. There are several stone piers and four or five large houses. You can see a lot of people busy there.
This small body of water is surrounded by farmland and flat plains. Otherwise, Zheng Junshan would not be able to see so much. In addition, we can also see that there are many villages scattered around, and it is obvious that there are many people.
When his line of sight was about to be blocked by the reeds on the riverside again, Zheng Junshan discovered another situation. The coal was standing around, almost at a high point, and it didn't feel like a natural formation. Just when he wanted to take a closer look, he couldn't observe it anymore.
The boat went a little further up the river, and Zheng Junshan saw someone fishing on the river bank. He thought he might be from a nearby village and knew something about the situation, so he asked the boat owner to approach.
The fisherman felt a little strange and puzzled. Zheng Junshan smiled and asked: "Boatman, I want to ask you something. Is it inconvenient?"
Hearing this, the fisherman asked: "It's time to take a break. If you want to ask anything, ask it quickly! After asking, drive the boat away, otherwise I won't be able to lower the net. If I'm not careful, the net will get entangled in your boat, and my net will be destroyed."
"Thank you very much, boatman..." Zheng Junshan didn't think much about it when he asked the boat to come over. Now that he thought about it, he didn't think twice about it. He bowed his hand to the boatman and said thank you.
"Shipman, I am a small businessman. I do some small business on weekdays. I passed by Guibao Land and accidentally saw a coal station on the river bay. I wanted to ask if it will not be flooded by the river?"
"He's a boss, I'm sorry..." The captain also bowed his hand to Zheng Junshan and asked with a smile: "The boss is doing business in the city, right? Can't he do it anymore?"
"Oh?" Zheng Junshan was a little surprised, but he still followed the words and asked: "The boatman is amazing, do you even know this?"
"Alas..." the boat owner waved his hand and said with a smile: "Although I fish on the river, I sell the fish to the city, so I know a lot about it!
Rent in the city has risen rapidly in the past few months, and many people have complained. However, business is better and shops cannot be rented even if they want to.
You can't stand the rent and want to come to this small place to do business, right? I advise you not to come. The rent in the city is high and you can earn a lot, but our small place doesn't make much money."
The topic got sidetracked while chatting, and Zheng Junshan had to come back and said: "Shipman, you'd better tell me about the rising water in the river. If possible, I would like to find a place on the river beach to start some industry."
"Okay! Then I will tell you about it, so that you can give up your mind..." The fisherman muttered a few words and continued: "When it comes to the situation at the coal station, there are really not many people who understand what happened like me.
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Back then, a few outsiders came to Jiangwan and were looking for someone to build a building, so I went there. Although the building only had one floor, the quality was nothing to say, with thick reinforced concrete and blue bricks, all made of the best materials.
It's a pity that those few outsiders didn't pay homage to our village chief, so our village chief joined forces with the chiefs of the surrounding villages to build a building that cost a lot of money to build, but it was destroyed in half a year."
Hearing this, Zheng Junshan looked curious and asked eagerly: "It was destroyed, how? Was it tampered with during the construction of the building, or was it force?"